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half a million cans over seven years
If the cans are only $.10/ea, then 450k only netted him $45k. It took him seven years to earn just enough to pay for the deposit, not even the house.
Real Boring Dystopia Shit
I mean he also has a full time job, he made 45k in 7 years off his side hustle.
I do agree that it should be easier to afford a home. Also bottle deposits need to rise. They've been stagnant for over a decade where I live. It's like a 2-in-1 city cleaning program and beer money program for bums.
Where tf did he find all those cans? There are people in my community digging through trash for some cans and bottles and don't find as many
While he holds down a permanent job during the week, Mr Gordon also volunteers at events like music festivals, where he collects thousands of cans and bottles at a time.
That's a lot more than you can fit in a shopping cart.
I think it's country dependent. Wealthier countries with low deposit have more thrown away.
The guy paid for a down payment on a house with a hobby. That's cool. I'm jealous.
You can absolutely make $4ph on your hobby, I believe in you.
He paid for a down payment with seven years of manual labor earning less than a living wage.
I'm ~~jealous~~ envious.
You’re out in nature while helping to clean up the environment and also making a little income.
Better than just working “for the man” don’t you think? There’s also far worse you can do with your spare time.
I'm so glad these corporations are giving us single use cans for the opportunity to connect with nature and earn a little income.
Of all the things you can be angry to corporations, bottle and can recycling is the wrong one.
No it's not. It shouldn't be up to the consumer to recycle their products. They are shifting blame onto the people
As a person who lives in country where bottle recycling works i disagree. Also it should not be the corporations who makes the rules, but the goverment.
Every store needs to accept every bottle and can and the system needs to be uniform between all the companies. Last year from all the sold bottles and cans 97% were returned to bottle recycler system, not because corporations shifted their responcibility to consumers, but because the goverment has ordered the companies to make recycling efficient, easy and worthwhile for the consumer.
You’re out in nature while helping to clean up
You're out in nature... IN AUSTRALIA! He's risking his life being out in nature picking up garbage.
Most of the time they take the cans and bottles out of people's recycling bin
don't make this sound too good, so ppl flinging bottles into nature don't feel like benefactors 😆
Man knows what he's doing with that shirt design
He uses that shirt to lay flat on the floor of the roller rink arcade and hide until after hours. All the games are free then.
And you bad dog broadcast this secret loudly, and the competition for this dear guy is rocketing high! :)
True, but let's be honest. There can't be more than 2 or 3 people who will stick with it for more than a week or a month at the outside.
It’s central coast, not cold even in the winter. #paid-for-exercise :)
That program should have been Retearn instead of Return to Earn
Now we know what is more profitable:
https://lemmy.world/post/27585832
Forget batteries man! Bottles is where its at!
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
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